Originally Posted by elgringito
Just used 25,000 HHonors points for two rooms, three nights at a property with the cheapest room going $250 a night. No problems with availability and because I was Diamond, even though I was not with family members they upgraded the room. I value HHonors points at $.005 per point in deciding to pay for a room or use a reward. In Norway 10,000 HHonors points at a Scandic Hotel gets me a room priced at $175 to $200 per night, great value there.
Forgive my ignorance on Scandic. I read about these hotels a lot on the HH board but I know nothing about them.
My question is this: if it weren't for hotel points, and you were traveling to Norway (or anywhere Scandic Hotels are present), would you consider these hotels desirable, charming places to stay? Would you pay $175 to stay in one of these hotels, or would you rather spend significantly less to stay in a boutique hotel? Or go ahead and spend a little more to get a more interesting 4* hotel?
I don't doubt that Scandic is a great place to spend 10000 HH points. Heck, even if you only feel they are really "worth" $100 per night, that's a penny a point on a small award. Very good! I'm just curious if anyone has experiences staying in Scandics and if they really, really prefer them over other hotels - or just like them because of the HHonors award.